ROSACE-?:. ' 99 Ros^ 



2. R. LU'CIDA. 



Fruit depressed-fflobose, and, with the /lerfjOTcZes, glandular-hispid ; prtioles^ 

 pubescent or hispid; stem armed with scattered, setaceous prickles, those of 

 the stipules straight; le/iflels elliptical-lanceolate, simply serrate, smooth and 

 shining; /ozi-e?-^ generally in pairs. A shrub, 8 feet high, in woods and hedg- 

 es. Stem slenderT Leaflets about 5. Flowers large, red. Jn. Jl. Variable. 



Wild Rose 



3. R. Caroli'na. 



Fruit globose, hispid, as well as the peduncles ; pe/l/o/cs^hairy, sub-aculeate ; 

 stem smooth, with uncinate, stipular prickles ; leajiets 5—7, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, sirarply serrate, glaucous beneath; flowers in corymbs. A shrub 

 iu swamps and wet woods, varying in hight from 4 to 8 feet. It is erect, bushy, 

 varying in the number and size of the prickles, with reddish twigs and branch- 

 es, rfowers in a sort of corymb of 5 to 7. Petals oboyate, varying between 

 red and white. Jn. Jl. Swamp Ruse. 



4. R. BLANDA. J]it. R- gemella. L. 

 Fruit globose, smooth, as well as the peduncles; flowers mostly in pairs; 



lenflrts oblong, acute, opaque ; ■petioles and veins pubescent beneath ; prickles 

 uncinate, those of the steiii in pairs below the axils. A low shrub, with large 

 red flowers, on dry, sunny hill.-;. Leaflets 7, rather downy and glaucous be- 

 neath. Flowers terminal, enveloped in large, downy bractea. Jl. Aug. 



Twln-flowcred Rose. 



5. R. cinnamo'mea. 



Fruit globose ; stem tall, cinerous, with upright branches ; prickles stipular,^ 

 shaightf stipules wavy; leajlels rugose, oblong, downy beneath. Native oi' 

 Oregon. An early species, flowering in May. Stem G feet high. The doub- 

 le variety has flowers of a delicate purplish color. Cinnamon Rose. 



6. R. Ga'llica. 



Fruit ovate, and with the peduncles, hispid ; stems a.nd petioles hispid-prick- 

 ly ; lefiflcts 5, rigid, elliptical ; flowers erect, red; sepals ovate. Native of the 

 southern parts ol Europe. This is the common red rose of our gardens, from 

 which tinctures and preserves are often extracted, and which is also used 

 medicinally. Of this species, no less than 200 varieties are produced in the 

 gardens of Europe, and named in the catalogues of the London and Paris 

 nurserymen. Stems 2—3 feet high, armed with five scattered prickles. Flow- 

 ers of a few large, spreading petals, of a rich crimson color exccptat the base, 

 where like the stamens, they are of a golden yellow. The more common va- 

 rieties are the cardinal, carmine, coquette, Ua.ek- damask, mignonne, purple, 

 velvet ifC. Common or French Rose, 



7. R. DaiMasce'na. 



Arms unequal, the larger ones falcate; sepals rcflexed ; fruit long. From 

 Levant. This species forms a bush 3 or 4 feet high. The leaves are distin- 

 guished at sight, by their hoary and downy aspect. The prickles of the stem 

 are broad and hooked. The flowers are rather numerous, of a delicate, pur- 

 plish pink, of a sweet and most delicious fragrance. Varieties numerous, 

 among which the monthly is the most admired. This is of humble growth, 

 with deep crimson flowers, blooming at all seasons of the year. Damask R.ose. 



8. R. SPINOSIS'SIMA. 



Arms unequal; leaflets flat, naked, simply-serrate. Native of Europe. A 

 ghrub 2 or 3 feet high. Stem closely beset with innumerable, straight, needle.- 



